ATS checker · the rubric

Every point on the score, published.

Two scores out of 100. Quality is always on and checks how the resume parses and reads. Match appears when you paste a JD and checks keyword fit. Most checks are deterministic rules; a small share uses a fixed-anchor model rubric at temperature 0, so the same resume gets the same score.

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A · Resume Quality · always on · 100 points

What the Quality Score checks

Category	Weight	Checks (points)
Parseability / Format	30	Single column, no tables (8) Preset headings present and ordered (6) Contact fields parsed: name, phone, email (6) Dates with months (4) Text PDF, embedded fonts, under 1 MB (3) No photo or graphics outside the Government template (3)
Content Impact	30	Bullets with a metric (10) Strong verbs, no 'responsible for' (8) 8–25 words per bullet (4) Summary with a title and keywords (4) No generic, duplicate or AI-cadence bullets (4)
Completeness	20	10–20 skills, grouped (6) Each role or project has title, org, dates, 2–5 bullets (6) Education with degree, institution, year, grade (4) Links as text (2) Certifications where the role expects them (2)
Hygiene	20	Length matches experience (6) No objective, declaration, references or personal block in corporate presets (5) No Aadhaar, PAN, passport or bank numbers: hard fail to 0 (3) Spelling and tense (4) Professional email, one phone number (2)
Total	100

B · JD Match · when you paste a JD · 100 points

What the Match Score checks

Category	Weight	Checks (points)
Hard skills coverage	45	Must-haves count double Exact or alias 1.0, synonym 0.8, evidence in a bullet 0.5 JD frequency up-weights
Title alignment	15	Exact or normalised title in summary or latest role Related title gets half
Experience and education requirements	15	Years in range (8) Degree level (7) Only if the JD states them; else points move to skills
Soft skills and domain keywords	10	Coverage of the remaining JD terms
Keyword distribution	10	Matched skill appears in Skills and in at least one bullet Penalty beyond 5 repeats
Searchability	5	Headings, contact, parseable dates
Total	100

Bands

Needs work

0–59

Good

60–79

Strong

80–100

Targets: Quality 85 or more, Match 75 or more. Integers only. No decimals, no percentiles.

Scores are an estimate of parse-safety and keyword fit, not a prediction from any specific employer's ATS.

Rubric source: published spec (static copy)

Integrity

Things that set the score to zero

Hidden, white, off-page or microscopic text, or instructions aimed at AI screeners.
An Aadhaar, PAN, passport, bank account or UAN number anywhere in the document.
Keyword stuffing: a matched skill repeated more than five times without evidence in a bullet.

These are not style points. Detectors flag them and candidates are usually disqualified. The builder refuses to produce them and the checker reports them plainly.